Tampa Bay Saltwater, time for new blood!

[Reefing102]

That’s awesome to hear!

 

[JohnL]

Richard enjoying retirement.

Give Richard my regards. I'm glad things are coming together for you.

 

[shred5]

What's happening here at RC?

Latest TBS goings ons:
Received 3rd container of Walt Smith to plant soon, received a pallet of Marco rock to try, decided to order a truck load of shipping boxes to keep up with orders, lots of bryozoans on the live rock this time of year, too many traps near the lease site so will be glad when stone crab season ends, the web site is now in the hands of a reef professional, Jocelyn is compiling a HUGE hitch hiker identification section for the site, learned the ropes of air cargo with over 80 orders delivered to 20 different states in our first 8 months, we can't wait for the water to warm up & the website to be finished AND p.s. Richard enjoying retirement.

Sea ya!
M & J

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That star if the picture is interesting. Never saw one with that coloration.

 

[liverock]

That star if the picture is interesting. Never saw one with that coloration.

A first for us as well!

 

[liverock]

Check out this gorgeous sand that Jocelyn harvested yesterday!
Full of incredible biodiversity and good looking too!

 

[shred5]

Nice I could use some.
You guys going to be collecting anything other than rock and sand?
Any inverts like cucumbers, stars, seagrass etc.

I need some sand cucumbers like the blacks. I am also looking for seagrass and mini starts soon for my mangrove tank.

 

[Noah_Reefing]

how much is

Nice I could use some.
You guys going to be collecting anything other than rock and sand?
Any inverts like cucumbers, stars, seagrass etc.

I need some sand cucumbers like the blacks. I am also looking for seagrass and mini starts soon for my mangrove tank.

how many metal halides do you have? they are many miles from where mangroves and seagrass grow. seagrass grows in extremely shallow water, sometimes growing riparian when the tide goes out. i have seen this myself outside one of the condos my grandma has lived in. they are known to swell with so much oxygen that they expand like 50% in the afternoon because they cannot release it all. they need very very very bright light comparable to sps & flow like sps also. contrary to popular belief, they are nothing like macroalgae and can never be treated like an afterthought or a "low tech" i dont know where you live but it would probably be easier to collect it yourself. i belive tbs sells brittle stars. and cucumbers. how large is the tank?

 

[liverock]

Nice I could use some.
You guys going to be collecting anything other than rock and sand?
Any inverts like cucumbers, stars, seagrass etc.

I need some sand cucumbers like the blacks. I am also looking for seagrass and mini starts soon for my mangrove tank.

Lots of desirable critters come up on the live rock: urchins, stars, porcelains and sometimes sea hares. We do have cucs in stock.

 

[liverock]

how much is

how many metal halides do you have? they are many miles from where mangroves and seagrass grow. seagrass grows in extremely shallow water, sometimes growing riparian when the tide goes out. i have seen this myself outside one of the condos my grandma has lived in. they are known to swell with so much oxygen that they expand like 50% in the afternoon because they cannot release it all. they need very very very bright light comparable to sps & flow like sps also. contrary to popular belief, they are nothing like macroalgae and can never be treated like an afterthought or a "low tech" i dont know where you live but it would probably be easier to collect it yourself. i belive tbs sells brittle stars. and cucumbers. how large is the tank?

Hand harvested live sand is $2.50 per pound.

 

[liverock]

This is the largest decorator crab we have ever seen. It traveled up to the boat on some live rock, and we returned him to the bottom to continue livin' the dream.

In other news:
Woot, Woot, the new website is getting so close to a reveal!!! ...maybe FRIDAY!!!! ....maybe not.

 

[liverock]

Heya Reef Central,
Just dropping in to sea what's happening here.
Here's a few photos of what we've been up to.
Rock on.

 

[Reefing102]

Welcome back! That branch rock is looking good!

 

[griss]

Heya Reef Central,
Just dropping in to sea what's happening here.
Here's a few photos of what we've been up to.
Rock on.
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Looking great.

 

[liverock]

If you haven't noticed, we have a link to Reef Central at the bottom of the homepage! Helping reefers find information and a community is so important. Hope everyone is enjoying the season and Rock on.

 

[wvned]

If you haven't noticed, we have a link to Reef Central at the bottom of the homepage! Helping reefers find information and a community is so important. Hope everyone is enjoying the season and Rock on.

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I have many pounds of your rock. I got some stone crabs and kept them for 5 years. I am wondering if I could perhaps purchase 3 of them again.
They got large and let use hand feed them. They like squid rings and silversides the best. Tiny ones would be fine. They would live longer. My wife loved feeding them and they got so they came up out of the water if they saw us.

also the small hairy ones would be great too. I had them release babies in my tank a few times. Great things to watch.

 

[liverock]

I have many pounds of your rock. I got some stone crabs and kept them for 5 years. I am wondering if I could perhaps purchase 3 of them again.
They got large and let use hand feed them. They like squid rings and silversides the best. Tiny ones would be fine. They would live longer. My wife loved feeding them and they got so they came up out of the water if they saw us.
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also the small hairy ones would be great too. I had them release babies in my tank a few times. Great things to watch.

Stone crabs are super fun sump monsters for sure! Easy to keep and personable. This is Fido, been with us 3 years now. Fido eats clams, frozen shrimp and all the extra gorilla crabs, swimming crabs and smaller stone crabs it wants. Just learned that Fido is female.

We have a lot of requests to sell undesirable crabs/snails for predators. Working on a Treasure Chest category aka ships UPS now.
TaDaaaa.....it's done, here it is - Crab Crate.

@wvned if you decide to order, in the order notes, remind us you want stone crabs (# of them) and we will fill in with other undesirables for the stones to eat.